AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fletcher (Jap)

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. S. INOUYE, 4TH FLEET CINC. TRUK
TO. ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMB FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: FAST TRANSPORT CONVOYS INTERCEPTED BY ALLIED NAVAL ASSETS
DATE: JULY 29TH, 1942

Today, enemy destroyers (identified like USS TALBOT -a flush decker- and USS HAMMAN -a fleet one-) have intercepted our Express Supplies Convoy to Tarawa Island. xPB CHITOSE MARU was surprised when unloading supplies at garrison there and sunk after 40 shell hits. 01 hit was reported in one of enemy ships.

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[Igel]

ORIGINAL: Fletcher


.............. there and sunk after 40 shell hits. 01 hit was reported in one of enemy ships.

¿Reported?
Who reports? I think they have died until the rats in the kitchen with 40 shell hits[;)]

Ahhhhhhh......the sharks[:D]

Great AAr, Fletcher, come on despite "the pop corn gallery" jokes.

Greetings

[Fletcher]

Igel,

The ship was unloading off Tarawa her supply cargo for the garrison... IJN radio station radioded to 6TH FLEET HEADQUARTERS at Kwajalein.. [:'(] (Thanks for your great humor sense ... but this is the IMPERIAL japanese Navy! haha)

If those USN skippers would be captured will be inquired by war crimes after shelled my boat meanwhile sinking !!! ...

Thanks a lot for all your kind posts.
Best wishes.
Ramón

[traskott]

40 hits....

Admiral Cantona is wondering what kind of armour your PB has... [:D]

[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA. IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. SUPREME COMMAND COUNCIL. TOKYO.
TO: MARQUIS KIDO, LORD KEEPER OF THE PRIVAL SEAL. IMPERIAL PALACE. TOKYO
SUBJECT: CHINA OFFENSIVE
DATE: JULY 30TH, 1942

IMPERIAL COMBINED ARMIES AT CHINA HAVE BEGAN THE PROMISED COORDINATED OFFENSIVE IN ALL FRONTS. OUR FORCES HAVE STORMED ENEMY POSITIONS WITH GREAT SUCCESS.

NORTHERN CHINA AREA ARMY (NORTH WING) HAVE STORMED SIAN CITY ITSELF WITH 7 ARMOURED TANKS SUPPORTING THE ASSAULT OF 4 INFANTRY DIVISIONS AND 1 I.REGIMENT VS 22 ENEMY CORPS. ENEMY FORTIFICATIONS WERE DOWNED TO SIZE 1. OUR FORCES HAVE LOST 9.140 MEN (46 SQUADS DESTROYED AND 24 AFV ELIMINATED) VS. 5.851 ENEMY CASUALTIES (263 ENEMY SQUADS DESTROYED AND 1 CORPS ELIMINATED).

IN THE SOUTH APPROACHES OF THE CITY, THE BACKBONE OF IJA NORTHERN CHINA ARMY WILL BEGIN A MASSIVE STRUGGLE TO SMASH ENEMY CHINESE ARMIES THERE.

XVI ARMY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN THE SOUTH HAVE STORMED 67TH CHINESE CORPS POSITIONS. 349 IJA MEN WERE LOST VS 2.493 CHINESE CASUALTIES. TUYUN WILL BE IN OUR HANDS IN FEW DAYS.

AT WESTERN SIDE OF THE MASSIVE OFFENSIVE, XV ARMY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE HAVE STORMED TSUYUN CITY. 48TH, 16TH AND GUARDS INFANTRY DIVISION HAVE ATTACK ENEMY POSITION DEFENDED BY 24TH CHINESE COPRS AND 96TH INFANTRY DIVISION WITH SUPPORT UNITS. FORTY WAS DOWNED TO SIZE 1 AND TSUYUN CITY HAS FALLEN IN OUR HANGER HANDS AFTER THE LOST OF 5.643 CHINESE MEN (311 SQUADS DESTROYED) VS 2.598 IJA MEN LOST (3 SQUADS DESTROYED).

1ST AIR DIVISION WILL FOLLOW ON WITH THE AIR OFFENSIVE IN ALL CHINA FRONTS.

TODAY 13 FIGHTERS ESCORTING 94 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS ATTACKED SIAN TO SUPPORT OUR GROUND ASSAULTS. 11 P43 WERE ON CAP. 2 ENEMY FIGHTERS WERE DOWNED AND 195 CASUALTIES REPORTED FRON 82ND CHINESE COPRS.
40 FIGHTERS ESCORTED 70 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS TO SMASH KWEILIN AF.
ANOTHER 40 FIGHTERS ESCORTED 31 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS TO STRIKE TUYUN AF REPORTING 1 AIRBASE, 2 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 24 RUNWAY HITS.
18 KI-43IC HAVE ESCORTED 37 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS OVER SIAN TO REPORTS 1 P43A DOWNED BY OUR FIGHTERS AND 37 CASUALTIES REPORTED FROM 91ST CHINESE CORPS.
13 KI-21-IIA HAVE BOMBED KWILIN AF REPORTING ANOTHER AIRBASE AND 8 RUNWAY HITS.
06 KI-21-IIA STRIKE KWEILIN AF.
30 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS STRIKE TUYUN AF REPORTING 22 RUNWAY HITS.
15 KI-21-IIA STRIKE SIAN TO REPORT 44 ENEMY CASUALTIES FROM 59TH CHINESE CORPS.
ANOTHER 10 KI-21 STRIKE TUYUN REPORTING 10 RUNWAY HITS
06 KI-51 STRIKE KWEILIN REPORTING 3 RUNWAY HITS.

MORE THAN 300 SORTIES OVER ENEMY TARGETS ARE CHINA.

WE HOPE TO ANNOUNCE MORE VICTORIES AND THE FALL OF SIAN CITY IN FEW WEEKS!...
GEN. HATA HAVE PROMISE US THE CAPTURE OF REBELD CHIANK-KAI-CHEK TO BE SENT TO TOKYO AND PUT UNDER A INQUIRE COURT FOR WAR CRIMES AGAINST JAPANESE POPULATION.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!!!
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[Fletcher]

XVI ARMY OFFENSIVE
TUYUN AREA, july 30th, 1942

[Fletcher]

GEN. IIDA XV ARMY OFFENSIVE AT WESTERN CHINA
FALL OF TSUYUN CITY.
JULY 30TH, 1942

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. S. INOUYE, 4TH FLEET CINC. TRUK.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC.
SUBJECT: DD ISOKAZE SEVERELY DAMAGED
DATE: JULY 31ST, 1942

CL TENRYU ESCORTED BY DD ISOKAZE REPORTED TODAY THAT ONE ELECTRIC BOAT HAVE TORPEDOED DD ISOKAZE. SHE IS NEAR TO SUNK WITH 90 FLOATING DAMAGE OFF TARAWA ISLAND. ALL EFFORTS TO AVOID SINKING HAVE BEEN DONE.

ASW AIR PATROLS REINFORCED AT MARSHALLS - SOUTHERN GILBERTS. 04 ENEMY BOATS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED AROUND ROI-NAMUR AND KWAJALEIN.

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[Fletcher]

FROM: RADM MATSUNAGA, 22ND AIR FLOTILLA HQ. PORT BLAIR.
TO: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL
SUBJECT: AIR RAID OVER COLOMBO
DATE: AUGUST 3RD, 1942

AT NIGHT, LIKE PLANNED, 15 G3M3 HAVE TAKE OFF FROM PORT BLAIR TO LAUNCH A SURPRISE NIGHT AIR ATTACK OVER R.N. FACILITIES AT COLOMBO NAVAL BASE.

AFTER THE ROYAL NAVY BASTARDLY ATTACK OVER OUR HOLY FACILITIES AT PALEMBANG, OUR FORCES CLAIMED FOR A RETALIATION ATTACK.

TWO TWIN ENGINE BOMBERS WERE DOWNED BY ENEMY FLAK !...

ANYHOW NO HITS WERE REPORTED OVER THE ENEMY. 37 ENEMY SHIPS SPOTTED DOCKED ON PORT WITH 06 GROUND UNITS AND ABOUT 50 AIRCRAFTS.

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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: REPORTING FROM SOUTHERN SEAS
DATE: AUGUST 4TH, 1942

IJNAF DISASTER !

TODAY 25TH AIR FLOTILLA LAUNCHED STRIKES TO SUPRESS NDENI AIRFIELD TO BE COORDINATED WITH CARDIV 3 AND CARDIV 4 STRIKES OVER VANIKORO-NDENI SHIPPINGS. IT WAS A SHAME THAT WILL BE PAID WITH THE LIFE OF 25TH AIR FLOTILLA COMMANDER IN CHIEF. HE MUST COMMIMENT SEPPUKU TODAY BEFORE 21.00Z.

THE ESCORTING FIGHTERS FOR THE G4M1 WAVES LOST CONTACT WITH OUR IJNAF BOMBERS AND THEY WERE BE MASSACRED WHEN UNESCORTED BY ENEMY HEAVILY REINFORCED CAP !

OUR FIRST UNCOORDINATED STRIKE FROM 7 A6M2 SWEPT NDENI AT FIRST HOURS OF MORNING BEEING INTERCEPTED BY 21 P40E AND 25 P400 ON CAP OVER NDENI. 2 A6M2 WERE LOST WITH 1 P400 AND 1 P40 DOWNED BY OUR PILOTS.

IN THE SECOND WAVE, THE FIRST GROUP OF UNESCORTED BOMBERS WITH 47 G4M1 CLASHED WITH 33 ENEMY FIGHTERS ON CAP. 10 G4M1 WERE DOWNED
A SECOND WAVE WITH ANOTHER 17 G4M1 WERE BUTCHED BY 23 ENEMY FIGHTERS. 09 G4M1 WERE DOWNED THERE.
IN THE THIRD, 24 G4M1 WERE INTERCEPTED OVER NDENI SKIES BY 16 ENEMY FIGHTERS. ANOTHER 5 G4M1 WERE DESTROYED.

OUR 25TH AIR FLOTILLA S1 DEPT HAVE BEEN REPORTED THE LOST OF 59 G4M1 FOR ALL CAUSES (A2A, FLAK, OPS) IN THIS DAY.

25TH AIR FLOTILLA HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO STOP ANY STRIKE AWAITING REINFORCEMENT AND RESERVE PILOTS TO FULLFILL THEIR RANKS AND FILES.

TODAY WILL NOT BE EASILY FORGIVEN !

CARDIV 3 & CARDIV 4 STRIKES OVER SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS:

COORDINATED WITH THIS SHAMED ATTACKS, OUR FLEET HAVE STORMED ENEMY REINFORCEMENTE SHIPPINGS AROUND SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, LIKE BELLOW:

- 26 A6M2 ESCORTED 16 B5N2 AND 13 D3A1 FROM HIJMS HIYO AND HIJMS JUNYO. OUR PILOTS REPORTED 1 BOMB HIT ON USS JOHN D EDWARDS (A FLUSH DECK DESTROYER), 4 BOMB HITS ON XAK SAN RAFAEL (HEAVILY DAMAGE, NEAR TO SUNK), 2 TORPEDOES ON HMAS WETASKIWIN (A CANANDIAN CORVETTE), SUNK QUICKLY. AND 2 BOMB HITS ON ANOTHER FLUSH DECK DESTROYER (DD PAUL JONES)

- A SECOND WAVE TAKE OFF FROM HIJMS SHOHO AND HIJMS ZUIHO. 22 A6M2 ESCORTED 3 B5N2 TO BE INTERCEPTED OVER NDENI BY 10 FIGHTERS -3 P40 AND 7 P400- 1 A6M2 AND 2 B5N2 WERE DOWNED BY ENEMY.
NO HITS CLAIMED BY OUR PILOTS OVER ENEMY DESTROYERS.

- A THIRD WAVE FROM CARDIV4 (JUNYO-HIYO) WITH 25 A6M2 AND 27 D3A1 AND 5 B5N2 STRIKE VANIKORO ISLAND SHIPPIING SINKING 1 BRITISH MINESWEEPER (AM MURITAI) AFTER 1 TORPEDO HIT, AND CLAIMING 2 BOMB HITS ON USS FOX (USN DESTROYER) AND USS PAUL JONES (4 HITS), THE LAST ONE SUNK UNDER OUR OWN EYES.

- SECOND WAVE FROM CARDIV 3 (ZUIHO-SHOHO) OVER NDENI MET WITH HEAVY CAP (09 A6M2 ESCORTING 3 B5N2 VS 19 ENEMY FIGHTERS). 1 A6M2 AND 2 B5N2 WERE LOST BY 1 P400 DOWNED.

AN HORRIBLE DAY FOR IJNAF!!

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[Fletcher]

FROM: RADM RENZO TANAKA, MOBILE FORCE, ABOARD HIJMS YAMATO
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: MOBILE FORCE STRIKES NDENI ISLAND
DATE: AUGUST 5TH, 1942

Combined Fleet - MOBILE FORCE - Retaliation Strikes over Ndeni Island

Our Big Guns have plummeb Ndeni Island. 4 Battleships leadered by HIJMS YAMATO (Bat Div 1 & Bat Div 2) have shelled airstrip, garrison barracks and Port or the enemy base reporting 210 enemy casaulties, 4 airbase, 9 airbase supply and 50 runway hit. 3 P-400 fighters destroyed on ground, 1 P-40E fighter destroyed on ground and 11 Port and 7 Port supply hits. Meanwhile enemy XAK CHICKSAW CITY was surprised by our Force and sunk quickly. An enemy screening destroyer got underway at high speed.

Our Minesweeper Squadron have been attacked by air assets along all day, like bellow:

7 F4F-3P (new model!) and 19 B17E were intercepted over Ndeni by HIJMS JUNYO - HIJMS HIYO Air supperiority Force over our Minesweepers (20 fighters). Enemy lost 3 fighters by 1 A6m2 lost. NO hits were reported on our minesweepers.

CarDiv 4 was attacked by heavy bombers at morning, like bellow:

- 5 B17E unescorted intercepted by HIJMS ZUIHO high alert chutai over the Fleet. No enemy FF was downed. All enemy aircrafts attacked HIJMS JUNYO. NO hits were reported.

- Another 5 unescorted B-17E intercepted by 2 A6M2 bombards HIJMS HIYO with no hits over our carrier.

- A raid with 16 unescorted SBD3 was intercepted by CARDIV4 Air Supperiority Group over Ndeni. 5 enemy SBD were downed by our fighters. 1 bomb hit DMS W-11, heavily damages she is returning to Tulagi advanced station.

CARDIV 4 have launched strikes over Vanikoro, like Bellow:

- 25 A6M2, 27 D3A1 and 17 B5N2 from HIJMS SHOHO - HIJMS ZUIHO have bombed Vanikoro strip destroying 1 PB5Y on ground and reporting 4 casualties, 7 airbase, 6 airbase supply and 30 runway hits.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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[Fletcher]

SBDs strikes over minesweeper squadron around Ndeni Island.
August 5th, 1942

[Fletcher]

29 B-17E have been spotted over minesweeper Squadron or attacking CARDIV4 carriers.
No hits reported. No FF downed.
august 5th, 1942

[Fletcher]

FROM: LORD KEEPER OF THE PRIVAL SEAL, MARQUIS KIDO. IMPERIAL PALACE. TOKYO.
TO: GEN. HIDEIKI TOJO, PRIME MINISTER. TOKYO.
IJN COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ADM. OSAMI NAGANO. SUPREME WAR COUNCIL. TOKYO.
IJA COMMANDER IN CHIEF. GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA. SUPREME WAR COUNCIL. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: HIGH TOP SECRET MEETING AT TOKYO
DATE: AUGUST 05, 1942.

RADM Matome Ugaki, Commander of IJN Planning Division will meeting at Imperial Palace with the following commanders to schedule all the new plannings for the Summer Offensive against the Western Powers:

ADM. Osami Nagano, IJN Staff CinC.
ADM. Irosoku Yamamoto, CombFleet CINC.
VADM. Chuichi Nagumo, 1st Air Fleet CinC.
VADM. Tsukahara, 11st Air Fleet CinC.
VADM. Shimizu, 6th Fleet CinC.

(RADM Renzo Tanaka with Mobile Force is aboard HIJMS YAMATO steaming to return to Home Bases)

GEN. Hajime Sugiyama, IJA General Staff Chief.
GEN. Shunroku Hata, China Expeditonary Army CINC.
GEN. Sadomu Shimomura, Southern Area Army CINC.
LTGEN. Korechika Anami, 2nd Area Army CINC.
14th Division "Sho Heidan" Commander Officer.
09th Division "Takei Heidan" Commander Officer.

All targets for our 1st War Phase offensive have falls in our hands. The material cost for these was too low how preplanned. Imperial Army have launched a massive struggle to put Chinese under their knees. With fives armies fighting hard to close the China incident, our forces are awaiting enemy offensives at Burmese border or Souther Perimeter in the Pacific Ocean Areas.

Imperial Japanese army is responsible to keep out the enemy from our S.R.A. With great success any enemy counterstrike have been avoided in Northern Australia, with all those bases have been destroyed and put under periodical air reconoissance. In the Burma/Indian Border the monssoon avoid our operations and all forces have been ordered to build up fortifications works. 1st Armoured Division is near to reach Burma and join with XV Army like General Reserve in this theatre.

For the other hand, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY has the responsible to keep out enemy from any base to be useful for enemy jumpings across our lines. Any breaks in our perimeter will be inmediately counterstrike with all available Forces.

In the meeting, orders for massive movement of ships and troops will be scheduled to all commands. 2nd Area Army in Southern Area will take 14th and 09th Infantry Divisions (IJA Crack Divisions) and put under Amphibious Readiness Condition. IJN SOUTHERN FLEET CINC will have available enough AP/LSD to be ready for a agressive movement against the enemy.

11st Air Fleet will be reorganized at soon as possible and available aircrafts in reverse will be sent to reinforce files and ranks. 25th Air Flotilla CINC have committed Seppuku and have been reemplace with strictely orders to keep the Salomon´s skies under our control. Air supperiority fighters (KI-44IIa will be available in three weeks) will be put under 5th Air Division HQ to cooperate with 11st Air Flotilla for our success in this area.

Orders will be ready to be accomplished in less than 20 days. Root of sin will be erradicated in the blow. If any of you are not ready to accomplish with your duty, Supreme War Council will be glad to know you have join with Yasukuni spirits.

Day D have been promise to HIS HIGHNESS, THE EMPEROR, for September 1st, 1942.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!!!
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[traskott]

Day D have been promise to HIS HIGHNESS, THE EMPEROR, for September 1st, 1942.

D-Day for what ??

[SqzMyLemon]

ORIGINAL: Fletcher

Orders will be ready to be accomplished in less than 20 days. Root of sin will be erradicated in the blow. If any of you are not ready to accomplish with your duty, Supreme War Council will be glad to know you have join with Yasukuni spirits.

Just looking at the clues in Fletcher's previous post my guess is a counterstrike against the recent Allied gains in the Santa Cruz Islands.

[Igel]

ORIGINAL: Fletcher

............. If any of you are not ready to accomplish with your duty, Supreme War Council will be glad to know you have join with Yasukuni spirits.........

Well nobody here is thinking about this, of course. We are only reading.....we can´t take the rifle, we are civilians[:'(]

Two things:

1.- I´m lurking the forums and I´ve concluded that ground attack with aircraft planes is suicide, we will sink ships but is not worth paying the price.

2.- It is a wonderful idea on time between the Japanese supremacy and the awakening of the Allies "bring the Kitchen sink"into China, instead of waiting to see where the attack comes.
There are high quality Japanese ground troops and What is the better way to use it? Exactly, against other ground troops.
Chinese troops (bandits[:D]) are a headache for the Imperium.......Go for them & send all to hell!

Greetings.

[Fletcher]

hello Igel,

Thanks for your post! .. For sure, they will be sent to Hell !!.. and Chiang will be sent to Tokyo to be judged by war crimes against the Empire!.
About general strategy, my main target at this stage is sprint on China to gain as much ground as possible to close the frontlines and get readiness conditions for a general offensive aiming Chungking..... If Chungking falls in my hands, the British Empire and Soviet evils will paid their bills for supporting chinese bandits!

Best wishes,
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: AIR RAID OVER MUNDA
DATE: AUGUST 7TH, 1942

The enemy have launched a massive strike to disturb our shippings around Munda. With light forces patrolling at ASW duties around Munda, none of them a valuable target for this kind of raid.

34 B-17E were detected by outspots and intercepted by 20 IJN fighters and 21 twin engine IJA fighters. 05 B-17E have been claimed downed by our pilots with another probably destroyed in his returning leg. DD HASU, DD UZUKI and DMS W-21 were not hit by enemy dropped bombs.

Our ships detected ENEMY MINES in the Munda´s Port approaches !. Minesweeper Sqdrn at Shortland Island have been put under High Alert and will arrive to Munda base tomorrow at early morning.

For the other hand, many reconoissance flights have been reported over Merauke and Horn Island. Is it a target for americans or is it a deception plan ?.

32 Ki-43Ic have arrived to Rabaul to reinforce our air supperiority assets in the area. They will be under 5th Air Division HQ.

10 A6M2 have come like reemplacement to our Daitais at Munda with another more to come. One Twin engine bombers with 1 A6M2 Daitai and 2 A6M2 Chutai will reinforce our air assets at Salomon-Bismarck areas and will hope to be ready for action in one week.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN. SHUNROKU HATA, CHINA EXPEDITIONARY ARMY CINC.
TO: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO
SUBJECT: XVI ARMY OFFENSIVE
DATE: AUGUST 7TH, 1942

Lt Gen Immamura, XVI Army C-in-C announces another storm over Tuyun city. 38th and 2nd Infantry division´s have stormed the enemy base with the support of AFV´s from 2nd and 8th Tank Regiments. 3 chinese corps and 2 exhausted chinese divisions have held the ground with 1.458 chinese casualties vs 889 IJA men lost. Tomorrow our forces will storm for a new attempt to capture the enemy city.

In the North, Sian is near to falls, with heavy chinese losses in our heavy bombardment at south front (more than 100 casualties reported), and heavy losses after more than 300 sorties from IJAAF air assets over enemy ground units. The enemy must be exhausted and poorly supplied.

The cost in IJA life is less important than get our Holy Duty: the head of unable Chiang Kai Chek and the dirty Mao-Tse-Tun.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPERORRR !!!
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